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Gai made a specific point about having Shu not let go of his hand while pulling out his Void. My guess is that a person somehow retains consciousness if they maintain physical contact with Shu while having their Void removed. This is consistent with the OP, where Inori is conscious while Shu is using her Void.

Can't remember if anybody has had physical contact with Shu while having their Void removed before now, though, so I could be wrong.

Okay, apparently this episode was the end of the second arc. Now I sort of regret reviewing it on the previous episode forum.

With that said, this episode explained some things, but a lot of scenes seemed to have been put into it just because they can. Very few of them were all that effective. Additionally, the flashback didn't do much for me, as while I knew that Shu and Gai knew each other when they were young thanks to some credits, it didn't have any impact on how they acted throughout the first half one bit. I guess you can say Gai was harsh to Shu in the first episode because they switched roles and all, but like Shu and Inori, their relationship was nonexistent for pretty much the entire first half. Flashbacks like these only work if there is a current relationship between the characters. At least, for me.

Of course, I hate the motivations of the bad guys (why do you want to destroy the world?), I hate that new Void user, I don't exactly get how Gai can move after his void was pulled (holding hands apparently negates the effect?), and I HATE Mana. It's like somebody took Namie Yagiri and made her just a boring over-the-top incestuous sister instead of a crafty, but entertaining psycho.

So what did I like? The idea of Shu being brave while Gai was a wimp, only for that to be reversed in their teen years was pretty cool. I don't think it was that effective because I didn't like them in the first half, but it's a great idea that needed better characters to pull off. Aside from that though, besides some moments where I did care a little bit about what happened, I just thought this whole episode was exposition on autopilot. The reason Shu forgot was kind of weak, the characters were too weak to pull this episode off effectively, the reveals weren't very interesting, and it didn't improve on or make unique anything that has already been done in past anime or movies. 6/10 for me.

Hopefully, the next arc will be better now that all this development occurred.

well this ep pretty much explained all the past memories, and i ended up being hit and miss with my predictions. Got inori right, but didnt expect mana to actually be his sister or that she'd be some crazy alien hybrid that wanted to create a new race with her brother (blood related or not). Not to thrill about him being able to completely forget he had a sister or that his mom is either his step or adoptive parent. Would like to know more about his father and the origins of Mana. Also did she get infected from Gai or where? never really explained that part.

Not sure where they go from here, or what they will end up doing with inori. I know u still have bushy brows and segai floating around. I guess Haruka was able to listen in to the events so id assume she knows shu remembers? Seems odd that theyd completely erase mana and gai from existence. I figured mana's soul would still play a part since the goal seems to make some new form of human.

Well anywho i did enjoy the episode and looking forward to the next arc

haha i did notice something else a bit humorous at the end of the episode. Gai's jacket somehow flies up and enters shu's escape bubble, so i wonder if ol shus gonna be pimping around in his new jacket in the following eps

Edit: I'm sorry guys...but I can't take this anymore. From this episode on, I've stopped watching this for the plot already. I'm just gonna have fun seeing the writers push crazier boundaries than they did in Code Geass and admire the glorious trainwreck.

I don't remember when I've laughed so much in my life. It was a positively therapeutic experience. Every single line of dialogue that came out of Mana's mouth made me tear up. I was hyperventillating by the end and my chest was hurting. My GOD.

10/10 If every episode of Guilty Crown was this good then it'd be the most hilarious anime ever.

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In my world far removed from the actual
Safe in my small amorality capsule
I cruise far aloof of the other world's flaws
Hiding behind tinted glasses and doors.

I don't remember when I've laughed so much in my life. It was a positively therapeutic experience. Every single line of dialogue that came out of Mana's mouth made me tear up. I was hyperventillating by the end and my chest was hurting. My GOD.

10/10 If every episode of Guilty Crown was this good then it'd be the most hilarious anime ever.

This episode solved many answers as to the relation that Gai and Shuu actually had connected all along in their childhood. They also answered the mystery about Inoris' origin, and the trigger to the Lost Christmas breakout from ten years ago.

Spoiler:

What connected Gai and Shuu was Shuu's elder sister, Mana. Both rescuing Gai in that summer from 10 years ago, and adopting him into their family starting with Mana giving to Gai his childhood name of Triton.

BTW, it was surprising to watch how child Shu was so the polar opposite of his current, adolescent self and which at that time child Gai used to admire him and respect him for little Shu's bravery.

It's definitely that many of you figured out from the first starting episodes that there was lingering connection between Shu and Gai due that both had the same memories of Mana on the day of Lost Christmas.

Too bad that child Shu couldn't handle post-traumatic stress disorder and took path different from child Gai, and so their roles in the present timeline were reversed with the current Shu feeling unable to do anything, while the current Gai fought the battle as he had to do it for Mana.

As I suspected since episode one of the show, Inori turned out an "interface" body of sorts to communicate with Mana, and granted Mana her heart's desire for a marriage which would have triggered the Second Lost Christmas. Moreover, it now makes sense that the noise Shuichirou deployed could actually had been Mana's screams of her heart, and Inori created her songs from her heart to keep Mana's soul in eternal sleep as possible.

Some questions rise like:
1. Did someone had infected Mana with the virus? or did she accidentally make contact with the meteor and got the initial infection from the source? If the second scenario could be true, then the first Lost Christmas was accidental? or did someone else, maybe Daath, planned in advance that Mana would likely lost control of the epidemic in herself, and said person enjoyed to bear witness to Lost Christmas?

2. In the previous episode, Shuichiro discloses her plans with Haruka, and she states in shock not to drag Shu. So, how much Haruka could have known about Shu inheriting the Void?, and if she also suspected or came to realize, although lately, that Mana became infected with the Apocalypse Virus?
Who else could possibly had known the truth of infection around Mana? Shuichirou and Daath either they definitely knew or found out. Shuichirou found out because back then he was research partners with Kurosu, the latter whom was treating her daughter, and possibly he disclosed Mana's infection to his wife, Haruka.

3. Four episodes back when Gai failed to stole the meteor fragment, since Shuichirou beated him first to it. Nevertheless, Gai recognized Shuichirou's doing as if he was already acquainted with the man. Hence, this opens theories that Gai might have had to gather core information about GHQ from the inside either through terrorism before Funeral was properly established, or he maybe worked for a time inside the organization to get all the facts that he displayed since the start of the show.
Therefore, it can be plausible that Gai learned about Inori's existence, broke into a high-security facility, and took her with him. Although it's not certain, if that last action course happened before or after Gai established Funeral.
Probably after, because he would have needed allies, weapons, and facilities to start undertaking the terrorist operations against GHQ.

4. And, I can say that we got ourselves another show this season that featured a girl turning into a yandere.

The infection literally turned Mana into the opposite of what she feared and dreaded and did such bad things to child Gai, crushing that trust and innocent view he held her with such warm eyes. That abuse shocked me the most more so than Mana possibly lusting for child Shu and kissing him.

But Gai fulfilled his oath and laid to rest Mana, but tearfully he made Shu to laid him to rest along with the last of Mana's human heart to eternal oblivion.

This conclusion opens up with another probability:
5. If Inori was genetically engineered to interface as the physical vessel for Mana's soul now with Mana laid to eternal rest then that connection was severed, I presume.
Although, it's left uncertain if Inori still holds other interface connections with someone besides Shu. Perhaps with Daath as well?

6. And what would become of Inori and Shuu with Gai gone, because this isn't over yet. Daath's still out there, and I feel that the wedding's failure meant no big loss to him.

And what would become of Funeral now with Gai gone, because GHQ still has control over Japan, and the only ranking official who bore witness to the events of the wedding from the outside and has the potential to pose threat is still alive, and I mean Segai.

Will Shu take Gai's mantle and become the new leader of Funeral? If that happens, then the boy seriously needs to man up and summon back the courage from his childhood days, or anybody else at Funeral would keep on looking down on him.

2. In the previous episode, Shuichiro discloses her plans with Haruka, and she states in shock not to drag Shu. So, how much Haruka could have known about Shu inheriting the Void?, and if she also suspected or came to realize, although lately, that Mana became infected with the Apocalypse Virus?
Who else could possibly had known the truth of infection around Mana? Shuichirou and Daath either they definitely knew or found out, and since Shuichirou was research partners at that time with Kurosu, then perhaps Kurosu was involved as well.

i went back and was rewatching episode 7 and during that ep there are hints that haruka could be responsible for Mana coming into contact with the virus stone. While she is having her meeting with that old guy, she says she bears half the responsibility for everything and he responds saying it was a tragic accident.

Its looking like haruka is gonna have to do some explaining in the 2nd half of the story

also thinking Gai did work for GHQ which would explain his skillz, knowledge of voids, and having inori. I am guessing once he learned of their true motive and the creation of inori he took her and formed his own group to save mana.

Good finish, as some said before me it could easily end now, with town in rumbles, threat destroyed while there still some foreshadowing for the future.
Most of the revelations could be predicted before
-gai shu relationship
-mana being the sister, and also in love
-haruka being a new mother (she's kinda young ...).

Now we will see what happens next.

Who is the new void user:
a) alien being overwatching human evolution trough voids (aka helping both sides)
b)Shu father reincarnation or body replacement (deadman wonderland main baddie huhuhu)
c)something completely different

Hmmmmmmm this shows has its goods and its bads but still I deem it more worthy than most of the shows last/this season, as long as you look past some *situations* with power usage, its really a good story.

i went back and was rewatching episode 7 and during that ep there are hints that haruka could be responsible for Mana coming into contact with the virus stone. While she is having her meeting with that old guy, she says she bears half the responsibility for everything and he responds saying it was a tragic accident.

Its looking like haruka is gonna have to do some explaining in the 2nd half of the story

also thinking Gai did work for GHQ which would explain his skillz, knowledge of voids, and having inori. I am guessing once he learned of their true motive and the creation of inori he took her and formed his own group to save mana.

Then, it looks like Haruka won't be able to hide things from Shu longer, and she'll sure properly apologize to both Shu and Inori.

I just hope Shu finding the background behind the truth about Mana from Haruka won't raise her death flag not much about GHQ, but because Daath's still out there.